Yesterday's Answer:
A group of nightingales are called a "watch." This may benefit me if I'm ever on Jeopardy.
Today's Question:
What is the definition of the musical term, "homophonic?"
Since "homo" refers to sameness or even-ness, and a phonem is a sound, my guess is that it refers to a piece that is either played in one key or by one type of instrument. Again, I am not a music buff by any means and this is a rough guess at best.
(Actually the links I found for homo mostly saw it as a synonym for "human being;" example the first standing men were called "Homo Erectus.")
(Sources: Webster's New Explorer Encyclopedic Dictionary, http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Phonem, http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/270386/Homo-erectus, http://search.aol.com/aol/image?q=nightingales&v_t=webmail-hawaii1-standardaol&s_it=searchtabs)
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